Burial vault



N O S P. M O H T A O BURIAL VAULT Filed NOV. 25.. 1.934

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IIIIII INVENTOR ATTORNEY N O S P M O H T A. O.

BURIAL VAUIJZF Y Filed Nov. 26. 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 31, 1936 cui s sm'rss ATENT FFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to burial apparatus and has special reference to concrete vaults, the object sought being to provide a vault which will be durable, not apt to crack, and will resist the entrance kand accumulation of moisture. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter first fully described and then more particularly defined.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a longitudinal section of a burial vault embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse section of the vault.

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse section more specifically showing the structure of the joint.

The body of the vault is of the usual oblong form and is of concrete l having metallic reenforcements 2 embedded therein. The sides and ends of the body are recessed at their upper inner corners, as shown at 3, and a lining d of noncorrodibe metal covers the entire inner surface of the body below the recess. The upper edge portions of the lining are extended above the shoulder or ledge denned by the recess and dou bled back, as shown at 5, to provide a reenforced rim extending along the entire edge of the shoulder. The metal is then carried outwardly over the shoulder and terminates in a downturned lip (i which is embedded in the concrete wall, thereby anchoring the lining firmly in place.

Trough-like receptacles l of metal are disposed along the sides of the box t-o contain lime which will absorb any moisture contained in the body, and the bottoms of these receptacles are inclined upwardly and inwardly, as clearly shown in Figure 2, to clear the casket placed in the vault. The backs or outer sides of the receptacles are extended upwardly above the receptacles and formed into reentrant ilanges or hooks 3 engaging over the rim E to suspend the receptacle in place.

A metallic plate El spans the walls of the body from end to end thereof and rests upon the flanges 8, the edges of the plate being bent downwardly to form a depending rim IU which engages behind the ilanges in spaced relation to the sides of the recess 3. Asphalt or cement which will retain its plasticity is poured into the space behind the rim l@ to form a seal Il which will resist the entrance of moisture but will ac- 5 commodate expansion and contraction under variations of temperature. A concrete slab I2 having chamfered edges is placed upon the plate S and calking material i3 is packed in the bottom of the triangular space defined between the slab and the side wall of the recess 2, plastic cement or asphalt iii being poured in upon the calking to complete the seal. A coating I 5 of plastic cement or asphalt is spread over the entire surface of the slab l2 and the edges of the l5 body and a cover it is placed upon said coating to be held thereby, and it is to be especially noted that the cover is not keyed to the slab I2 nor to the vault body so that, while it will be held firmly in place by the cement or asphalt, it will be free to expand or contract under variations in temperature, and cracking or splitting is avoided. rilie cover may be convex or flat and, in surface burials, will be of some natural stone or some material having a more attractive appearance than concrete faced with such material.

The vault may be produced at a reasonably low cost and the closure may be readily and. effectually secured in position while cracking and the collection of moisture are minimized, if not entirely eliminated.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

A burial vault comprising a body having a recess in its top edges along its inner side, lime receptacles having hooks engaged in the recess, a metallic lining for the body having a rim eX- tending along the edge of the recess and engaged in the hooks to support the receptacles, said lining having an edge portion extending from the rim across the bottom of the recess and anchored in the wall of the recess, and a slab supported by said rim and spanning the interior of the body and sealed to the body.

OWEN A. THOMPSON. 

